Pycheckpoint Dependency Bug

[De-Been-Tech-Solutions]

Bug description:

Refuses to install using pip3 on python3:

pip install pycheckpoint --no-binary :all:
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
DEPRECATION: --no-binary currently disables reading from the cache of locally built wheels. In the future --no-binary will not influence the wheel cache. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to use the --no-cache-dir option. You can use the flag --use-feature=no-binary-enable-wheel-cache to test the upcoming behaviour. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11453
Collecting pycheckpoint
  Using cached pycheckpoint-1.3.tar.gz (15 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting cryptography==3.4.7
  Using cached cryptography-3.4.7.tar.gz (546 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [145 lines of output]
      DEPRECATION: --no-binary currently disables reading from the cache of locally built wheels. In the future --no-binary will not influence the wheel cache. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to use the --no-cache-dir option. You can use the flag --use-feature=no-binary-enable-wheel-cache to test the upcoming behaviour. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11453
      Collecting setuptools>=40.6.0
        Using cached setuptools-67.1.0.tar.gz (2.5 MB)
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
        Installing backend dependencies: started
        Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting wheel
        Using cached wheel-0.38.4.tar.gz (67 kB)
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting cffi>=1.12
        Using cached cffi-1.15.1.tar.gz (508 kB)
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting setuptools-rust>=0.11.4
        Using cached setuptools-rust-1.5.2.tar.gz (295 kB)
        Installing build dependencies: started
        Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
        Installing backend dependencies: started
        Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting pycparser
        Using cached pycparser-2.21.tar.gz (170 kB)
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting typing-extensions>=3.7.4.3
        Using cached typing_extensions-4.4.0.tar.gz (49 kB)
        Installing build dependencies: started
        Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting semantic-version<3,>=2.8.2
        Using cached semantic_version-2.10.0.tar.gz (52 kB)
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
        Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
      Building wheels for collected packages: setuptools-rust, typing-extensions, setuptools
        Building wheel for setuptools-rust (pyproject.toml): started
        Building wheel for setuptools-rust (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
        Created wheel for setuptools-rust: filename=setuptools_rust-1.5.2-py3-none-any.whl size=23541 sha256=0d20a2393567931c0f464abeb4683d2e2636e8bf8b35dc7117d62e20a7fc33d0
        Stored in directory: /home/nickdbts2022/.cache/pip/wheels/d0/9e/4c/ad29351943d9487b45a0a25de8831254cc2aba6f7fb24c8700
        Building wheel for typing-extensions (pyproject.toml): started
        Building wheel for typing-extensions (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
        Created wheel for typing-extensions: filename=typing_extensions-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl size=26663 sha256=848505cbed10744334ab85c86cd12635a7eb57f6858e05328cef289251c93c5c
        Stored in directory: /home/nickdbts2022/.cache/pip/wheels/30/a8/25/a0830de8612775a8c27253052a0bc64c451e7cf55ce48bdf47
        Building wheel for setuptools (pyproject.toml): started
        Building wheel for setuptools (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
        Created wheel for setuptools: filename=setuptools-67.1.0-py3-none-any.whl size=1082555 sha256=33e076446f448bbe6484df0b34d48794988b5454691b16a454893b1fb924367d
        Stored in directory: /home/nickdbts2022/.cache/pip/wheels/7d/fc/03/046f7515679bdf2c354f1d76e94892b9cad6ee3ee13c5943ff
      Successfully built setuptools-rust typing-extensions setuptools
      Installing collected packages: wheel, typing-extensions, setuptools, semantic-version, pycparser, setuptools-rust, cffi
        DEPRECATION: wheel is being installed using the legacy 'setup.py install' method, because the '--no-binary' option was enabled for it and this currently disables local wheel building for projects that don't have a 'pyproject.toml' file. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to enable the '--use-pep517' option. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11451
        Running setup.py install for wheel: started
        Running setup.py install for wheel: finished with status 'done'
        DEPRECATION: semantic-version is being installed using the legacy 'setup.py install' method, because the '--no-binary' option was enabled for it and this currently disables local wheel building for projects that don't have a 'pyproject.toml' file. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to enable the '--use-pep517' option. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11451
        Running setup.py install for semantic-version: started
        Running setup.py install for semantic-version: finished with status 'done'
        DEPRECATION: pycparser is being installed using the legacy 'setup.py install' method, because the '--no-binary' option was enabled for it and this currently disables local wheel building for projects that don't have a 'pyproject.toml' file. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to enable the '--use-pep517' option. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11451
        Running setup.py install for pycparser: started
        Running setup.py install for pycparser: finished with status 'done'
        DEPRECATION: cffi is being installed using the legacy 'setup.py install' method, because the '--no-binary' option was enabled for it and this currently disables local wheel building for projects that don't have a 'pyproject.toml' file. pip 23.1 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to enable the '--use-pep517' option. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11451
        Running setup.py install for cffi: started
        Running setup.py install for cffi: finished with status 'error'
        error: subprocess-exited-with-error
      
        × Running setup.py install for cffi did not run successfully.
        │ exit code: 1
        ╰─> [60 lines of output]
            Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path.
            Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc'
            to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
            No package 'libffi' found
            Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path.
            Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc'
            to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
            No package 'libffi' found
            Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path.
            Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc'
            to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
            No package 'libffi' found
            Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path.
            Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc'
            to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
            No package 'libffi' found
            Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path.
            Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc'
            to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
            No package 'libffi' found
            /home/nickdbts2022/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/config/setupcfg.py:520: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: The license_file parameter is deprecated, use license_files instead.
              warnings.warn(msg, warning_class)
            running install
            /home/nickdbts2022/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
              warnings.warn(
            running build
            running build_py
            creating build
            creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310
            creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/lock.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/pkgconfig.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/setuptools_ext.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/vengine_gen.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/vengine_cpy.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/cffi_opcode.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/api.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/model.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/commontypes.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/recompiler.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/ffiplatform.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/cparser.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/verifier.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/error.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/backend_ctypes.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/_cffi_include.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/parse_c_type.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/_embedding.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            copying cffi/_cffi_errors.h -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/cffi
            running build_ext
            building '_cffi_backend' extension
            creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-310
            creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/c
            x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -g -fwrapv -O2 -fPIC -DFFI_BUILDING=1 -DUSE__THREAD -DHAVE_SYNC_SYNCHRONIZE -I/usr/include/ffi -I/usr/include/libffi -I/usr/include/python3.10 -c c/_cffi_backend.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-310/c/_cffi_backend.o
            c/_cffi_backend.c:15:10: fatal error: ffi.h: No such file or directory
               15 | #include <ffi.h>
                  |          ^~~~~~~
            compilation terminated.
            error: command '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit code 1
            [end of output]
      
        note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
      error: legacy-install-failure
      
      × Encountered error while trying to install package.
      ╰─> cffi
      
      note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
      hint: See above for output from the failure.
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

Simply reproduce by attempting an installation:

Open Terminal, then type pip install pycheckpoint --no-binary :all: and watch it fail.

I am a Developer and I expect software to work flawlessly.

I have no available screenshots as an output is more then enough.

My operating system is Linux Mint Cinnamon on a Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF (for something power efficiency focused, this thing is good at 255w).

No further comments as I am Autistic, and I cannot explain the whole nine yards of my situation as I don't manage this project.

[antrikshmisri]

Hey @NickDeBeenAIE, thank you for pointing this out. Seems like this is happeing because numpy doesn't fully support python 3.10, link to the issue. I am currently tied up in some professional work, will work on it as soon as I get time. In the meantime, you could form the project locally and run pip install . to install it. If the same error persists, try installing the dependencies manually.

[De-Been-Tech-Solutions]

Hey @NickDeBeenAIE, thank you for pointing this out. Seems like this is happeing because numpy doesn't fully support python 3.10, link to the issue. I am currently tied up in some professional work, will work on it as soon as I get time. In the meantime, you could form the project locally and run pip install . to install it. If the same error persists, try installing the dependencies manually.

I switched to Ubuntu on the Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF Edition, and will try there when it returns from service.